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...minding my own business. The team decides, "Hey, let us take you to lunch for your birthday!!" I'm like, "Yes, that sounds awesome!" We have a really good Belizean restaurant here. I get my food, I start on the chicken which is so nicely done, you don't even need a knife. Falls right off the...

I currently am interning for an amazing company that I love - I love the work I do, the environment I do it in, and the people I do it with. I have been really excited about it because it's a hire-from-within company and they often offer full time positions to their employees. So far my projects...

So I got a volunteer position and before I can volunteer, I have to fill out this questionnaire and part of the questionnaire asks about medical conditions and one of them are seizures, convulsions, dizzy spells, and black outs. I don't want to lie, but I'm not up for telling the truth either...

Juggling a profession with epilepsy management is a difficult thing that everyone in this forum has dealt with at some time. Personally I've had a few recent setbacks in my life that have forced me to reconsider what I want to do for money. I've worked as a journalist for the past six years...

Since my inpatient EEG I've (I hate to use this word) only had two or three seizures, compared to the seven or eight I was having every week, so things are settling down at the moment. I saw my neurologist yesterday, and he gave the OK for me to return to work. The whole appointment was a...

How do you guys understand "unable to work"? I think the question comes down to how much misery you are willing to put up with to do whatever job it is you can get. Almost anybody can do something. Take my dad for instance. He worked full time my entire life, made good money, and was...

I'm not sure if I should be posting here, as I do not yet have a diagnosis of epilepsy. Excuse me if I am out of line... I have had two episodes within the last three days where I lost consciousness, convulsed for about 30 seconds, and lost bladder control. I don't remember these things- there...

After just discovering and reading through the fine forums at the Epilepsy Foundation (eCommunity) and National Society for Epilepsy (UK) (Epilepsy Forum), I got to thinking about the ideal jobs for folks with severe epilepsy - folks who cannot drive and would prefer to work from home. Some...